Port Tomas, Constanta, Bulgaria
Salut,
Just now we’re listening to some really bad rap music to celebrate Navy day and the religious holiday for Mary’s Assumption. There were big doing which I’ll probably get to writing about sometime in October at the rate I’m getting these emails out. It takes me forever to find the few bits of info I do find. So I keep looking and get frustrated and shut down the computer which gets me no place at all. So as I said previously, more photos and few, if any words.
As we walked around Ruse I noticed lots and lots of statues of women. Wish I knew why.
Ru
DoraMac
http://www.bulgarian-monuments.com/browse/%D0%A0/Rusenska had the tiny bit of info but really no explanation why so many statues of women around Ruse.
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I took a photo of this stone woman but looking at my photo on the computer I noticed something odd about her clothing. Not sure if this is intentional. |
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Tonka Obretenova Born 1812 assumed Rousse, Bulgaria Died 27 March 1893(1893-03-27) Rousse, Bulgaria Spouse(s) Tiho Obretenov Tonka Obretenova (Bulgarian: Тонка Обретенова), known as baba Tonka (баба Тонка), was a female Bulgarian revolutionary, born in 1812, probably in Rousse. Her parents, Toncho Postavchiyata (Тончо Поставчията) and Minka Toncheva (Минка Тончева), were from the village of Cherven. She married Tiho Obretenov — a famous tailor and tradesman in Rousse. They had seven children (five sons and two daughters) all of whom participated in the Bulgarian revolutionary movement.[1] Obretenova herself lent major support to the revolutionary committee – she was famous for sheltering a number of revolutionary leaders.[2] The Rousse Revolutionary Committee, the most important one in the interior of Bulgaria, was established by her son Nikola Obretenov, in her house. Baba Tonka buried Stefan Karadzha, and managed to preserve his skull. Her sons Angel, Petar, Nikola, and Georgi (Ангел, Петър, Никола и Георги) took part in different detachments and were killed, or sent into long exile. Her younger daughter, Anastasiya (Анастасия; also called: Siya, Сия) married Zahari Stoyanov — a revolutionary, writer and publicist. Baba Tonka Cove in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Tonka Obretenova. |
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Woman with a hoe but no info |
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Sculpture of a woman on her knees The sculpture is in the park in Rousse. It was made in May 2006. |
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Same park but no info |
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Fountain in the park in Rousse |
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Except for the child at the far left, I think they’re all girls. |
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Monument of the heroes that died in the battle against fascism ; the sculpture is a woman |
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Not a sculpture; but a lovely book shop clerk, very fluent in English and where they sold English language books. |
